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Telecommunications terminal block

EP 0403531 B1 · Applicant: RAYCHEM CORPORATION

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  • Filed March 4, 1989 and granted January 24, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 4, 2009.
  • A supplementary protection certificate, which can extend a medicine or crop-protection patent, adds at most five and a half years, so even that would have ended by September 4, 2014.
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FiledMarch 4, 1989
PublishedDecember 27, 1990
GrantedJanuary 24, 1996
Term endedMarch 4, 2009
Application numberEP 89903328
Classification (CPC)H01R4/2408

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedMarch 4, 1989PublishedDec 27, 1990Patent grantedJan 24, 1996Term endedMarch 4, 2009

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